Toy



3. SHAPIRO.

TOY.

APPLICATION FiLED NEH/.14, 1919.

Patented Jan. 25,1921.

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WITNESS:

ATTORNEX BEN'JAMIN'SHAIIRO; OFEHILADELIHI-A, PENI TSYLVANIA.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Pat ntedJan, 25, 1921 V Application filed November 14, 1919. Serial No. 337,976.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SHArIno, a citizen of the United States. residing at Philadelphia; in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to games and toys and has for an object to provide a toy for the amusement of children and which is of the class of toys which are ordinarily drawn over the floor or ground.

Among other featurestheinvention comprehends a toy which may be made to simulate an aeroplane or flying machine and which toy is adapted to be drawn over the floor or ground and be operated by reason of the rotation of the wheels forming a part of the running gear.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a part of this speci iication, in which similar characters of ref erence denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which,--

Figure 1-- is a perspective view of the toy and Fig. 2- is a reduced side elevation, the two positions of the handle being shown in full and dotted lines.

Referring more particularly to the views, the toy comprises a body 10 which includes a cross piece or axle 11, a'rearwardly extending fuselage 12 and a forwardly extending projection or anchor plate 13. Wheels M form a part of the running gear of the toy and are mounted to freely rotate on the ends of the cross piece of axle 11 and a wheel frame 15 carrying a wheel 16 depends from the underside of the tail of the fuselage 12 to support the latter, the tail being suitably fashioned to simulate wings 17 and a runner 18.

Projecting from the cross piece 11 adjacent the ends thereof are uprights 19 on which are loosely mounted rotatable members 20 simulating wings or planes, each of said members consisting of an upper flat piece or plate 21, a lower flat piece or plate 22 and intermediate uprights 23 connecting the pieces 21, 22. By reference to the views, it will be seen that the lower piece or plate 22 of each rotatable member by reason of its weight, bears against the periphery of lating a propelleras at 29. The shaft 27 carries rollers '80 which because of the weight of the propeller and its shaft lie upon the upper surface of the upper plates 21.

Now it will be apparent that when the de vice described is advanced along the floor or ground, the rotation of the wheels 14; will bring about rotation. of the rotatable members 20 because of the frictional contact of the lower plates 22 of said members with the peripheries of said wheels and it will also be clear that by reason of the frictional contact of the rollers 30 with the upper plates 21, the rotatable member 28 will be operated, vertical movement of the shaft 27 being provided by reason of the slots 25 so as to take care of and allow for any unevenness of the surface of the upper plates. With this construction it will be apparent that regardless of whether the device is advanced forwardly over the ground or floor or moved backwardly over the ground or floor, the planes simulated by the rotatable members will operate and simultaneously the propeller simulated by the rotatable member 27 will be operated.

Mounted to swing on the forward end of the anchor plate 13 is a tongue or handle 31, which is adapted to be grasped by the operator for the purpose of readily pulling the device over the ground. It will be seen however, that the handle instead of being merely straight and in the nature of a stick has a curved portion 32 immediately adjacent the point of pivotal connection with the handle of the plate 13 and that at this point the handle is also provided with lug 83. Now when the handle is in lowered position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the free ends of the handle will be spaced from the floor by reason of the provision of the curved portion 32, thus permitting of readily grasping the free end of the handle making it especially easy for a child to firmly grasp the handle when the child desires to play with the toy. At the same time it will be seen that when the handle is swung into an upward position as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, the lug 33 engaging the anchor plate 13 will prevent an inward swinging movement of the handle and tend to hold it in its upright position, the curved portion curving around the propeller 29 to protect this delicate part of the toy from being damaged in the event that the toy, standing in a corner, should accidentally be struck by another object.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the device described is of a simple construction, that the mere operation over the floor sets in motion the various operating parts and that the simplicity of construction and the novel manner of assembling, provides a toy which can be readily operated by the smallest child and cannot readily get out or" order requiring no adjustment or depending upon any springs to insure operation.

Having described my invention, I claim A toy of the character described comprising a body, wheels on said body and forming the running gean thereof, a plurality of rotatable members in frictional contact with the peripheries of said wheels for the rotation of said members when the body is drawn over the ground and a supplementary rotatable member in frictional contact with said first mentioned rotatable members for the rotation of said supplementary rotatable member when the first mentioned rotatable members are actuated, a tongue, a stationary element for pivotally mounting the tongue, said tongue being curved downwardly at a point spaced from the outer end thereof, and a stop adjacent to the pivotal point and positioned to hold the curved portion of the tongue out of contact with the supplementary rotatable members, when the tongue is in an upper position and the stop engages the stationary element.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

BENJAMIN SHAPIRO. 

